Against preparation before he was for it

John Kerry's campaign blog:

Senior Ground Commander In Iraq Suffered From Body Armor Shortage. On Dec. 4, 2003, Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez wrote in a letter “to the number two officer in the Army, with copies to other senior officials, that his soldiers still needed protective inserts to upgrade 36,000 sets of body armor, but that their delivery twice had been postponed in the month before he was writing.” [Wash Post, 10/17/04]

Next Day, Bush Said Military Was Prepared. Bush on December 5, 2003: “Three years ago, our military was not receiving the resources it needed and morale was beginning to suffer. So we increased the defense budgets to prepare for the threats of a new era. And today, no one in the world can question the skill and the strength and the spirit of the United States military.” [Bush, 12/5/03]